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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glazъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleǵ- (“round, spherical, stone”).

Possible cognate Russian Church Slavonic глезнъ (gleznŭ, “ankle, heel”) (from Proto-Slavic *gleznъ (“ankle”), from pre-Slavic *gleǵn-) and Old Norse klakkr (“bump, hillock”), Norwegian klakk, dial. Swedish klakk (“heel (shoe); knoll in the field”), Middle High German klac (“a bang, crack, split”) (from pre-Germanic *gloǵno-). Also compare Sanskrit ग्लह m (glaha, “gaming, dice”).

Noun

*glȃzъ m[1][2]

  1. ball, stone
  2. eyeball
    Synonym: *ȍko

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: глазъ (glazŭ, “ball; eye”)
      • Middle Russian: глазъ (glaz, “eye”)
        • Russian: глаз (glaz, “eye”)
          • → Ukrainian: глаз (hlaz, “eye”) (slang​)
      • Old Ruthenian: глазъ (hlaz, “eye”)
        • Belarusian: глаз (hlaz, “eye”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: Глаз (Hlaz) (proper name)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: Глаз (Glaz), Глазъ (Glaz), Глазко (Glazko) (proper name)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: *глаз (*glaz, “big stone”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: Гла́зо (Glázo) (given name​); Гла́зов (Glázov) (surname​)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: Глас (Glas, “Rock”) (toponym)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hlaz (“eye”)
    • Old Polish: głaz (“river boulder; pebbles, coarse sand”)
      • Polish: głaz (“boulder; large rock”)
      • ⇒ Polish: Głaz (surname​)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 117
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “glȃzъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 90
  • Anikin, A. E. (2016), “глаз”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 10 (галочка – глыча), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 270
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “глаз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “глазки́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glȃzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 163: “m. o”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “glazъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c kugle (PR 137)”
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